Differentiating figurative language types
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- Q1
What is the definition of a metaphor?
a common saying
exaggeration
a comparison using the words "like" or "as"
a comparison without using the words "like" or "as"
60s - Q2
What is the definition of a simile?
exaggeration
a comparison without using the words "like" or "as"
a comparison using the words "like" or "as"
giving human characteristics to something non human
60s - Q3
What is the definition of a personification?
exaggeration
a comparison using the words "like" or "as"
a common saying
giving human traits to non human objects/things
60s - Q4
What is hyperbole?
a comparison using the words "like" or "as"
giving human traits to non human objets/things
exaggeration
a common saying
60s - Q5
What an idiom?
exaggeration
giving human traits to non human objects/things
a common saying
a comparison using the words "like" or "as"
60s - Q6
What is an allusion?
common saying
exaggeration
a reference to a well know story/character/person/event
comparison using the words "like" or "as"
60s - Q7What type of figurative language is this: It isn't rocket science to figure out how to make a grilled cheese.metaphoridiompersonificationsimile60s
- Q8What type of figurative language is this: I had so many things to do over the weekend. I was as busy as a bee.allusionsimilepersonificationidiom60s
- Q9What type of figurative language is this: I thought her nose would start to grow if she kept lying to me.metaphorallusionhyperbolesimile60s
- Q10What type of figurative language is this: The kids hearts jumped with joy when they received a new puppy as a gift.idiomsimilepersonificationhyperbole60s
- Q11What type of figurative language is this: Like the tortoise, I worked slow and steady compared to my sister who rushed towards the finish like a true hare.
allusion
idiomhyperbolepersonification60s - Q12What type of figurative language is this: If you don't play your cards right, you won't get to the theatre in time for the beginning of the movie.idiompersonificationallusionsimile60s
- Q13What type of figurative language is this: Well, I’m no Hercules, but I could open that jelly jar for you.allusionidiompersonificationsimile60s
- Q14What kind of figurative language is this: You don’t have to be William Shakespeare to write poetry.personificationmetaphorallusionsimile60s
- Q15What kind of figurative language is this: Without her phone Kara was a lost puppy, not knowing what to do with herself.allusionidiommetaphorsimile60s